Curbing tobacco use by growing less In China, 350 million people smoke. Each year, 1 million die from smoking. Many more become disabled. Approximately 20 million Chinese farmers produce the world’s largest share of tobacco, nearly 40 percent of the global supply. A compelling story of how one scientist created a for-profit organization for the …
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UCLA researcher discovers Mars has tectonic plates
Planetary geologist An Yin has made a startling discovery about Mars: UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a UCLA scientist has discovered that the geological phenomenon, which involves the movement of huge crustal plates beneath a …
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Amazing overhead shots of the U.S. open of Surfing in Huntington Beach
Surfer magazine has posted 16 amazingly large overhead shots of the U.S. Open of Surfing and the Orange County coastline. Here is one of them, mightily shrunk: See the rest – Above the Open – an oddly serene look at the U.S. Open
The world of professional sports is going green
Allen Hershkowitz, from The N.Y. Times, has written up an interesting piece about The Greening of Professional Sports. Among the many great points he makes, include how every industry will need to participate and public opinion is the most important factor, as well as: Fifteen professional stadiums or arenas have achieved LEED certification for …
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NASA releases a full 360-degree panorama of Mars surface – feels like you’re there
NASA has released an amazing panorama shot of Mars: This full-circle scene combines 817 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It shows the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months of work during its most recent Martian winter. Its release this week …
Airbnb has biggest night ever – while guests stay on private islands, in castles, & on boats
Last Saturday Airbnb had a pretty amazing night: Not long ago, we told you about the 10 million guest nights booked on our site. Little did we know that our community was just getting warmed up…After a few massive weeks of travel, plus a bit of excitement in London, we saw our biggest night in history take …
How nonpartisan are national parks? 95% of voters want them protected
New Poll of Likely Voters Finds Unity in Public Support for National Parks According to a new public opinion poll commissioned by (two nonpartisan groups), national parks are cherished by Americans and an overwhelming 95 percent of voters want the federal government to ensure they are protected for the future and available for their enjoyment. …
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Google Chrome now owns the internet – most popular web browser in the world
The Next Web is covering the massive rise of Google’s web browser, Chrome: Remember when Google’s Chrome browser overtook Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser for a week back in May? And next, for a full calendar month? Now, it’s on top and looking to stay… For July 2012, StatCounter pegged Chrome’s global …
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Vertigo dethrones Citizen Kane as the best film of all time
If you’re looking for a quality list among all those top 10s, then this is the one. It occurs only once a decade and queries nearly 900 of the world’s top critics. The numbers are collated into the “Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time”. The results are in: And the loser is – …
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Seaside living – “doesn’t anybody around here work?”
As a coastal resident I found this piece humorous and apropos: Seaside living and the illusion of leisure …in short, we work. This is the dirty little secret of seaside living. Everyone around us may be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean we get a holiday. People move here imagining that life is just …
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